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In article <6232@saturn.ucsc.edu> mongo@helios.ucsc.edu (Mongo Package) writes:
>In article <658@cirrusl.UUCP> corwin@cirrusl.UUCP (Paul Frommeyer) writes:
>>
>>The archive system SIMTEL-20 on the DDN (Internet, ARPAnet, what-have-you-net)
>>has about every public domain PostScript conversion program I know of, 
>
>
>Pardon the general posting of this note, but the original article left
>much to be discovered with no apparent way to discover it.
>
Info re: SIMTEL-20

The original name for the machine was simtel-20.arpa, I believe.  It has
since been renamed to simtel20.army.mil, in concurrence w/ the erradication
of the .arpa addresses.  If I'm not mistaken, the machine is an old DEC
running TOPS-20, though they might ave replaced it w/ a UN*X machine.

Another, similarly well endowed machine is sumex-aim.stanford.edu.  I'm very
sure that sumex-aim is now UN*X, though it was also TOPS-20.

The basic syntax of the directories, assuming it's still TOPS-20, would be
cd PD1:<MACINTOSH>  /* A diectory I happen to remember */
You might want to try PDn:<POSTSCRIPT> /* n= [1-4] or so */
to get to the postscript stuff.  Once you cd to a directory, you can get
a list of the files w/ ls; before you do so, I don't think that you can.

(I just connected from another machine; simtel20.army.mil is a synonym for
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil.  There are some files in pd2:<unix-c.printers>
including filters, and probably the ps kernal the orriginal poster mentioned.
There's no indication of a <postscript> directory.)

One last note:  as simtel20 runs TOPS-20, make sure you use TENEX mode for
all transfers!  (TOPS-20 uses 36 bit words, image and bin modes transmit all
36 bits, messing up your files.)  (NB: ascii mode should work for text-only
files.)

That's all I can think of.  I'd be happy to respond if anyone has any more
questions.  I'm sure there is a file on simtel20 that lists all of the
directories that are anon ftp-able, but I've not found it; I always have to
use trial & ERROR.

-JimC
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